Taking the bad with the good

The past two days have really tested me.

Last night, after not a bad, but not a particularly good day, my brother called and told me that he's been ordered to deploy. Again. Even though he his new job was supposed to keep him stateside for 2 years. I guess you can never really trust the military's decisions, but it was shocking nonetheless. It made me really sad because he leaves in a few weeks and will miss my birthday, Christmas, and possibly even Easter. Not that any of those were ever a guarantee anyway, but we were expecting that this time.

So anyway, with every deployment, my heart broke. And I did not have the best outlook for today as a result.

But the universe works in mysterious ways! I am neither religious nor spiritual, but my general attitude is positivity yields good things. And today I think that happened.

This morning I had my Functions class, and I'll be honest, it's the one class I don't look forward to. However, we had good discussion this time about professional ethics and while most of it is common sense, I like thinking about it in terms of my field and I enjoyed today's class. Plus we got an assignment that I am THRILLED about and want to start NOW!

Then I had lunch with my Cohort Connect and it was a lot of fun! She's always fun but it was nice getting to chill and eat with her. She came to see where I work and it was nice showing someone what I really do.

Work was a bit stressful, but I told my boss about my brother's deployment and that I was thinking of flying out to see him before he goes, and she was so supportive she even looked up flights for me! I truly love my office and feel so fortunate to have made a really good connection with these people at interview days. I would NOT want to be anywhere else! Then we went to the nicest restaurant in town for the Study Abroad Re-Entry Celebration Dinner (for the students abroad during spring and summer 2013) and it was so cool to meet those students and hear their stories. A-MAZING!

When I got home tonight, I checked my mail and got my loan disbursement and realized that my assistantship covers ALL of my tuition -- not just the in-state like they originally said. Tuition in full! 100%! $$$$ :D

FINALLY, I also had a package from my best friend.

All in all, today was just wonderful. I feel so much better.

Lesson: Put positive energy out there, no matter how bad things seem, and positive energy will come back to you.

Love,
J